Witold Gombrowicz
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- Gombrowicz, Witold
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- Date of birth
- 1904-08-04
- Place of birth
- Russia
- Date of death
- 1969-07-24
- Place of death
- France
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Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, he published his first novel, Ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes: problems of immaturity and youth, creation of identity in interactions with others, and an ironic, critical examination of class roles in Polish society and culture.
He gained fame only during the last years of his life, but is now considered one of the foremost figures of Polish literature. His diaries were published in 1969 and are, according to the Paris Review, "widely considered his masterpiece", while Cosmos is considered, according to The New Yorker, "his most accomplished novel". He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times, from 1966 to 1969.
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Witold Marian Gombrowicz was a Polish writer and playwright.
Last modified: 2020-07-25 (revision #15447)
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- Witold Gombrowicz wrote Opętani
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